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    The surname Mohammadi

    A Persian surname, carried by 1,087 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex M530

    Mohammadi: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mohammadi #23,397, 1,087 people Mohammadi: #23,397 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mohammadi #23,397, 1,087 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mohammadi is more common than 85.6% of them.

    Origin

    Persian origin

    Borrowed from Iranian Persian مُحَمَّدی (mohammadi)

    One of 28 Persian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,087 people named Mohammadi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 742.

    #23,397
    rank among US surnames
    1,087
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +46.5%
    change since 2000 (was #29,873)

    Who is named Mohammadi

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    71% of people named Mohammadi identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as two or more races and 5.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Two or more races 21%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mohammadi

    Mohammadi has the Soundex code M530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M530.

    Other Persian surnames

    All 28 Persian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mohammadi come from?
    Borrowed from Iranian Persian مُحَمَّدی (mohammadi)
    How common is the surname Mohammadi?
    1,087 people in the United States had the surname Mohammadi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 284,035 Americans. It ranked 23,397th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mohammadi?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Mohammadi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Mohammadi getting more or less common?
    More common. 742 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,087 in 2010, up 47%.